samota

Czech

Etymology

From sám ‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamota]

Noun

samota f

1. solitude
2. isolated rural house

Declension

Declension of samota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	samota	samoty
genitive	samoty	samot
dative	samotě	samotám
accusative	samotu	samoty
vocative	samoto	samoty
locative	samotě	samotách
instrumental	samotou	samotami

Related terms

• osamělost f
• samotář m

 

Further reading

• “samota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “samota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “samota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

Proto-Finnic *samo ‎ -ta. Related to Estonian sammuma (“to step, tread”), Karelian samota (“to rush around”), Livonian sa’m (“step”) and Krevinian śamun (“I run”), saamub (“he/she/it runs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmotɑˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mo̞t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑmotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧mo‧ta

Verb

samota

1. (intransitive) to wander; hike

Conjugation

Inflection of samota (Kotus type 74/katketa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		samoan	en samoa	1st sing.	olen samonnut	en ole samonnut
2nd sing.		samoat	et samoa	2nd sing.	olet samonnut	et ole samonnut
3rd sing.		samoaa	ei samoa	3rd sing.	on samonnut	ei ole samonnut
1st plur.		samoamme	emme samoa	1st plur.	olemme samonneet	emme ole samonneet
2nd plur.		samoatte	ette samoa	2nd plur.	olette samonneet	ette ole samonneet
3rd plur.		samoavat	eivät samoa	3rd plur.	ovat samonneet	eivät ole samonneet
passive		samotaan	ei samota	passive	on samottu	ei ole samottu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		samosin	en samonnut	1st sing.	olin samonnut	en ollut samonnut
2nd sing.		samosit	et samonnut	2nd sing.	olit samonnut	et ollut samonnut
3rd sing.		samosi	ei samonnut	3rd sing.	oli samonnut	ei ollut samonnut
1st plur.		samosimme	emme samonneet	1st plur.	olimme samonneet	emme olleet samonneet
2nd plur.		samositte	ette samonneet	2nd plur.	olitte samonneet	ette olleet samonneet
3rd plur.		samosivat	eivät samonneet	3rd plur.	olivat samonneet	eivät olleet samonneet
passive		samottiin	ei samottu	passive	oli samottu	ei ollut samottu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		samoaisin samoisin	en samoaisi en samoisi	1st sing.	olisin samonnut	en olisi samonnut
2nd sing.		samoaisit samoisit	et samoaisi et samoisi	2nd sing.	olisit samonnut	et olisi samonnut
3rd sing.		samoaisi samoisi	ei samoaisi ei samoisi	3rd sing.	olisi samonnut	ei olisi samonnut
1st plur.		samoaisimme samoisimme	emme samoaisi emme samoisi	1st plur.	olisimme samonneet	emme olisi samonneet
2nd plur.		samoaisitte samoisitte	ette samoaisi ette samoisi	2nd plur.	olisitte samonneet	ette olisi samonneet
3rd plur.		samoaisivat samoisivat	eivät samoaisi eivät samoisi	3rd plur.	olisivat samonneet	eivät olisi samonneet
passive		samottaisiin	ei samottaisi	passive	olisi samottu	ei olisi samottu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		samoa	älä samoa	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		samotkoon	älköön samotko	3rd sing.	olkoon samonnut	älköön olko samonnut
1st plur.		samotkaamme	älkäämme samotko	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		samotkaa	älkää samotko	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		samotkoot	älkööt samotko	3rd plur.	olkoot samonneet	älkööt olko samonneet
passive		samottakoon	älköön samottako	passive	olkoon samottu	älköön olko samottu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		samonnen	en samonne	1st sing.	lienen samonnut	en liene samonnut
2nd sing.		samonnet	et samonne	2nd sing.	lienet samonnut	et liene samonnut
3rd sing.		samonnee	ei samonne	3rd sing.	lienee samonnut	ei liene samonnut
1st plur.		samonnemme	emme samonne	1st plur.	lienemme samonneet	emme liene samonneet
2nd plur.		samonnette	ette samonne	2nd plur.	lienette samonneet	ette liene samonneet
3rd plur.		samonnevat	eivät samonne	3rd plur.	lienevät samonneet	eivät liene samonneet
passive		samottaneen	ei samottane	passive	lienee samottu	ei liene samottu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		samota		present	samoava	samottava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st samotakseni samotaksemme 2nd samotaksesi samotaksenne 3rd samotakseen samotaksensa		past	samonnut	samottu
2nd	inessive2	samotessa	samottaessa	agent4	samoama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st samotessani samotessamme 2nd samotessasi samotessanne 3rd samotessaan samotessansa		negative	samoamaton
	instructive	samoten	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
3rd	inessive	samoamassa	—
	elative	samoamasta	—
	illative	samoamaan	—
	adessive	samoamalla	—
	abessive	samoamatta	—
	instructive	samoaman	samottaman
4th3	verbal noun	samoaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st samoamaisillani samoamaisillamme 2nd samoamaisillasi samoamaisillanne 3rd samoamaisillaan samoamaisillansa

Synonyms

• vaeltaa

Derived terms

• samoilla
• samooja

 

Further reading

• “samota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• maasto, omasta, samoat

Polish

Etymology

From sam ‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧ta

Noun

samota f

1. (obsolete) solitude (aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself)

   Synonym: samotność

Declension

Declension of samota

	singular
nominative	samota
genitive	samoty
dative	samocie
accusative	samotę
instrumental	samotą
locative	samocie
vocative	samoto

Derived terms

adjectives

• samotny

 

Related terms

adjectives

• samotniczy

 

adverbs

• samotnie

 

nouns

• samotnia
• samotnica
• samotnictwo
• samotniczka
• samotnik
• samotność

 

Further reading

• samota in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

From sám ‎ -ôta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samɔ̀ːta/

Noun

samóta f

1. solitude (state of being alone)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	samôta
genitive	samôte
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	samôta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	samôte
dative (dajȃlnik)	samôti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	samôto
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	samôti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	samôto

Further reading

• “samota”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024